Improvement in fences



I. L. LANDIS.

Improvement in Fences.

Patented Feb. 6, I872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification describing Improvement in Fences, invented by ISRAEL L.LANDIS, of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania.

The invention is an improvement upon the subjectmatter of my applicationfor a patent tiled November 25, 1871, and will first be fully describedand then clearly pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a side elevation of two panels of a fence. Fig. 2 is avertical section through post, clamp, and key. Figs. 3 and 4 are planviews of my clamp.

A represents a fence-panel, consisting of posts A A vertical strips A Along rails A A and short rails A. B is a metallic and angular clamp,having arm I) and rectangular aperture 1), as shown in Fig. 3, ordovetailed aperture 1) as shown in Fig. 4. C is a key, wedge-shaped oronly inclined on one side. The posts A are simply bored near top andbottom with a small hole, which does not materially weaken them. Througheach of these holes is protruded the aperture end of the clamp. Thepanel A is then placed with its long rails A A so as to rest upon theprotruded ends of the clamp, and the wedge-shaped or inclined key 0forced tightly down into aperture b or I). The panel is thus clampedfirmly to the posts.

A fence wherein the panels are held to the posts by comparatively smallmetallic clamps, like those described,presents many advantages. 1n thefirst place the posts require no hewing, no mortising, and may be madeof round timber, which would not answer at all for the ordinarypost-and-rail fence. Secondly, the two perforations to receive theclamps are so far apart and so small that there is practically noliability to split, as is often the case with mortised posts as alsowould be the case if spikes were employed to fasten the rails to theposts. In spiked rails and posts the spike requires to be cut from thepost in the event of the latter being decayed, which greatly shattersand impairs the value of the rail. It is also a considerable labor andsome expense to effect this. These objections are removed entirely by myimprovement. Thirdly, the metallic hook connection is so small andoccupies such a comparatively narrow space on the outside of the railthat moisture thereunder is quickly evaporated by the air. Fourthly, thesame panels may be readily detached and used on difi'erent cross-linesand inclosures where only an inexpensive row of posts is placedpermanently.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I esteem to be new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is

The method of fastening the panel to the post of a fence by means of theangular clamp, having end aperture 1), and the key 0, as described.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

Witnesses:

Tnos. D. D. OURAND, CHAS. A. PE'r'rI'r.

